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"Again were here to corroborate a fallen one," said Aiken resident Lynne Tollison. "Again were coming together to show were a community that loves each other and were coming together to show that we adulation all our officers."
Tollison led the ceremony. She told the gathering about how, just a month former, she met Rogers at the vigil for Robinson. She shook her hand and thanked her along with the other Worldwide Safety officers. She didnt expect to be in the same spot again.
I shook her tender just like all the others, she said. Never in a million years did I count on to be standing here thanking you guys for being here because of her.
Area pastor the Rev. David Lester, offered words of console reminded the audience that Rogers was a committed police officer.
"Sandy wrote a nothing check to the city of Aiken for an amount up to and including her life," he said.
Townsman and state politicians also expressed their remorse at the event. Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh review the audience a proclamation declaring Wednesday Sandra Rogers day, using candlelight to form out all the words as the sun fell from the sky. Rep. Bill Taylor (R-Aiken), drove down from Columbia, bringing words of condolences from Gov. Nikki Haley.
Source: The State